The Ottawa free trader., 1887-03-05


mote the prin iplrS - the Republican party.
These include taxation which Is protection alike
O. ia wase Garner aud the wage payer" Laugh
teri This admission has "a lcust ia. me rit Of
frankness IL has here ofore been difficult 70
discover how taxation OF it-.lf could
protect an,body, CLaughter) II GIal,,a
is protection tlsuyat.r - then II rN"''
follow that th" gIrAt@r the taNg,, ,
the greater III" protection This doctrine may b
popular with tno-s who used b. contend E =
public debt vas pabllc blessing, ani hen ,t'
greater the debt the grrat@r The blessing Dr.
was believed that thus theory lad long sine fs.Ht
exploded Projecting wage Garner by I.xu4x
him IL like a farmer going 10 mlll upon horn.
back putting his bag of grain upon his shoulder
In order to relieve the horse, uaughter)
Taxation X a burlen, and IL cannot be made
lighter or more acceptabl. by calling it something
else This argument In favor OF y protection
which does not In fact protect In on par with
the demand of few proprLtor of hcnnertrs- de-
scribed IN The Evening Post, who have inatsted
upon tax or a. import duty upon eggs In order
to protect our American hens from tho internal
activity ~ this paup-r hens of Europe. (Contin.
ued laughter and applause
GOVERNOR MILLS VIEW OF PARTY POLICY.
II Is especially desirable that ~ party we par.
sue. as against a common enemy, n boLi and az.
grrsSive policy aud course OF action. ] dislike
hypocrisy in politics ani would not do indirectly
what "olld not do directly ] would remove
Republicans from oncc in proper casa, not upon
technical or trumped upcharses or fakss grounds
but h"Ausn they are Republicans and ara
opposed 10 the principles OF my party
anl to lis success, AMI their retention In
Important places IL detrimental to the public In.
ter'sis which We seek 10 promote. Let rs NJ.
call III" closing words ot that famous 81 Louis
rmttorm Of 1870, Substantially dictated by Mr.
Ti'drn himself 1--WE demand change Of system
ola .gn
that We may have n change of measups and OF
men" AppIauSe) That same admrabL. plat.
form 'srSrly declared that "all in authority are
the peoples servants Their offices are not \
privoi" r"rgui,te, they are public trust"
tApplaus@) The peoples servants should repre-.
sent tl" sentiments Of the people The faithful
fulhllmrnt Of their official trust demands their
adherence and devotion to the principles approved
In their election or involved In their appointment
This is not only common sense but IL h honor
able politics: hut politics IN IFS best sense lis the
science of government" lApplause)
LINCOLN NO MORE SPOKESMAN THAN JACKSON
stand here To defend Abraham Ilncoln-(ap
plauS'l- from the charge Of being a spokesman"
although the feet remains that upon his advent 10
power he soon removed every Democratic Office.
holder in every northern st ate and did 10 while the
country was in the very throcs OF war and Wills
Democratic sol !ierS IN countless numbers were
marching to the front t. preserve IN imperiled
Union Applaiisel In speech delivered by .
distinguished orator at Tammany hall In May,
1881, he sail, In defense of President jackson:
He has been violently assailed because
he preferred friends TO euenits; because, In tho
exercise of right, he consulted his own judg.
ment and influenced by the convictions OF his dis.
eliminating mind and ny a proper regard TO the
interests of his country, he removed jndrfiuah
from ofiire who were opposed to his election and
appointed TO their places firm advocates Of De
mocracy and competent men," Applause.l This
course so fully met the approval OF the people
and Of his party that il is said that I'm Of the
back districts they have been voting for "Oid
Hickory ever since. uaughtcr)
PRESIDENT CLEVELAND AND Hrs PARTY.
President Cleveland may rest ass',ned that al.
though hamperrd by an adverse senate and criti
cis'd by arancorous opposition press and irnIeded
by the solicitnde of some profesSd hut fair.
weather friends, who seem 10 be unnatural alfies,
he will have the support and confidence OF his
party In every courageous effort which he may
make to purify the public service and to advance
the cause Of good government by the promotion
OF Democratic principles
Our opponents are beginning TO dps,Over-what
seems most annoying-that there are two political
parties in this state From 1850 to 1884 Rspub
lican politicians believed and acted upon the be-
lief that none but Republican had any political
rights or could with decency assert AIRY form OF
political claim. During all that period the chief
weapon in the Republican political armory was
the revolving doctrine, persstcntly declared, that
onehalf Of the American people must never bs
permitted to take part in government which u
by the people and for the people. That period il
over. The unrecognzed half has become The
ruling element 1t has successfully administered
the government Of this state for the four years
just ended Its hold upon power has strength.
ened with each year. Two years Of administers.
. x.ctl lnfn IfA fs arAf tod
into wranglng factions Their haders servo cor.
porate interests nrst and political purposes after
ward. tADplauSe.l
THE THREE DISPUTED sESArORsHTPa
Defeated In California In the recent senatorial
contest they cry "boodle" and avert their fares
from the unfamiliar spectacle. Defeated In In.
diana they hold mock ekction Of q United
States senator to contest the election Of the Dem
ocrat who was finally chosen by labor votes
which Republican money could not buy. Cloud
applause Defeated in New jersey at the esec.
tion last fal by a majority Of many thousands on
the popular vote, they arr striving 10 prevent the
selection of one Of the best Democrats In the
country. eX eXGovcrnor Leon Abbett-~heers and
applause j. 20 represent that state In the United
States senate, and ara paving the way for another
bogus "contcstn In case Of their defeat Finally.
defeated again and again In New York, they now
arise AMI declare that neither the Democratic
governor must ''meddle' with the question OF de-
rrrMining how the delegates to the constitutional
convention shall he elected. They volunteer Ia
relieve us OK all sponsbiity in the matter, and
have introduced what they are pleased 70 depon'
mate "a a proper" bin II is a measure of child
like simplicity daughter. IL merely provides
that in ali Republican constituencies the repre
s,ntatiOu shall be two for the majority and one
for th, minority, while in Democratic cOnsttu-
encies the representation of the majority and OF
the minority shall be- equal That is ALL laugh
teri They actually wonder that the governor
does not hasten TO inform the legislature and the
people before even the bill is passed that he IL
anxious and ycarning TO approve of 10 fair and
JUS" a measure. (LaughterJ
a TINE FOR PLAIN WORDS"
Ibelievc il was Roscoe Conkng who once said
.'Tbere are times when plain words arr the best
This is a good time 10 address our Republicans
friends in the language Of truth, and TO inform
them that the Democratic party has been de.
fraudcd fooled and hoodwinked long enough, ami
that /, proposes to insist upon its political rights
A new IRA has arrived. This is not 1885,, and il il
not feasible To elect Republicans By military ruls
or arbitrary methods, This is not 1876, and 10 il
DO longer practicable to felonio'rsly appropriate
the electoral vote Of sovereign states ne" era
has arrived The day OF convenient Democratic
laundering has also passed. Iong continued ap-
pause) The Republican method Of Insisting thai
all within RgpihicRn control shall be Replbtcan